It’s the start of another month which means that it’s time to take a look at the latest Android distribution numbers. In the past few months, we’ve seen adoption of KitKat and Jelly Bean continue to grow, while past versions of Android, such as Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich, have shrunk. This month’s numbers continue the trend with KitKat showing major growth.

KitKat rose 5.1% from 8.5% to this month’s 13.6%, which is quite the rise. Jelly Bean still claims the top spot with versions 4.1-4.3 taking up 58.4% of the pie, a drop from last month’s 60.8%. Ice Cream Sandwich dropped from 13.4% to 12.3%, continuing a trend we’ve seen in past months. Take a look at the chart below for a representative pie graph.

Gingerbread is still holding onto 14.9% of the market, although that’s down from 16.2% in May. We were glad to see that the last .1% still on Honeycomb finally fell off the map. Nonetheless, Froyo is clinging on with .8%, a figure that makes us quite sad.

While some older versions of Android are still in the market, it’s good to see that the numbers are shrinking and it was very pleasant to see that KitKat rose a full 5% in just a month. Though with all the updates being released, we shouldn’t be too surprised. Be sure to check back next month for the latest figures.

A nerd at heart, Nick is an average person who has a passion for all things electronic. When not spending his time writing about the latest gadgets, Nick enjoys reading, dabbling in photography, and experimenting with anything and everything coffee. Should you wish to know more about him, you can follow him on Twitter @Zricon15.

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If some of the manufacturers had given better support to their older phones by way of OTA updates maybe the figures would look a lot better and none of the earlier versions would feature

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awesomellamas57

Are you serious? Why are you even commenting on an Android site in the first place?

The reason that Android updates take longer is because of the ridiculously better selection Android users have to choose from and hence OEMs have to fit the OS update to each device. Don’t spam posts like that, you obviously have no idea what you’re talking about.

Also, I’m on KitKat, it’s great!

Haggie

Android Fragmentation. The stat that no one really cares about, that consumers don’t even know, and that really doesn’t mean anything to anyone.

Mahdiar

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gregg jarrett, drunk fox anchor

wow thats a lot of android fragmentation!

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